The Irrelevant Rock & Roll & Music Show Text extracted from press releases SEASON 1 JAN 27, 2008 • Featured Artist: Toronto rock/punk band, Fidget • Albums that deserve to be played again • Bad albums by good bands • It came from England • Retro perspective • Music off your radar FEB 3, 2008 • Featured Artist: Legendary punk goddess, April Storm • Crossfire: Lacuna Coil – Karmacode; New York Dolls – Someday It Will Please You to Remember Even This • Albums that Deserve to be Played Again: Robin Trower – Bridge of Sighs • Retro Perspective: Black Sabbath • Bad Albums by Good Bands: Emerson, Lake and Palmer – Love Beach • Find of the Week: Mars Volta – Amputecture • For What it’s Worth: Live Bands Then and Live Bands Now FEB 10, 2008 • Featured Artist: Notorious 90’s rockers, 98 DA • Crossfire: My Chemical Romance – The Black Parade; The Flaming Lips – Yeah Yeah Yeah • Albums that Deserve to be Played Again: Sutherland Brothers and Quiver – Lifeboat • Retro Perspective: Jimi Hendrix • Bad Albums by Good Bands: Oasis • Find of the Week: Gov’t Mule – High and Mighty • For What it’s Worth: Live Bands Then and Live Bands Now FEB 17, 2008 • Featured Artist: Folk rock artisans, Common Rotation • Crossfire: The National – Boxer; Feist – The Reminder • Albums that Deserve to be Played Again: Nick Drake – Better Later • Retro Perspective: Matt Johnson (Aka) The The • For What it’s Worth: Fake Hype • Find of the Week: Gov’t Mule – High and Mighty FEB 24, 2008 • Featured Artist: Longshot recording artist. The original Rock & Roll outlaw, Sab & The Family Band • Crossfire: Ozzy Osbourne – Black Rain; Robert Plant & Allison Krauss – Raising Sand • Albums that Deserve to be Played Again: Harmonium – Debut • Find of the Week: Cleveland Ohio rockers, Ground Zero • Bad Albums by Good Bands: Pearl Jam – Vitalogy • For What it’s Worth: Playing What We Like MAR 9, 2008 • Featured Artist: Sound Alchemist, Jeff Pearson • Crossfire – a special extended Find of the Week: Chris Spedding – One Step Ahead of the Blues • Retro Perspective: The Stranglers • Albums that Deserve to be Played Again: Masters of Reality • Bad Albums by Good Bands: Oasis • Find of the Week: Gov’t Mule – High and Mighty • Final Word: A Few Words About Jeff Healey MAR 16, 2008 • Crossfire: Down – Over the Under; Nightwish – Dark Passion Play MAR 23, 2008 • Featured Artist: Rock pop turboudors, Haight Ashbury • Albums that Deserve to be Played Again: Badfinger – Straight Up • Retro Perspective: Former Cream Frontman, Jack Bruce • For What it’s Worth: The Availability and Unavailability of Music • Crossfire: Cuff the Duke – Sidelines of the City; Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band – Magic MAR 30, 2008 • Crossfire: John Kay and the Idealized Bastards – I Wish I Had but I Didn’t; Majup – Denizens of the Far Frozen Wasteland APRIL 13, 2008 • Crossfire - The New Prog.: The Mars Volta – The Bedlam in Goliath; Threshold – Dead Reckoning • Featured ‘Off the Radar’ Artist: Live P.A. Magicians, The New Deal • Albums that Deserve to be Played Again: Lenny Breau – The Velvet Touch • Retro Perspective: Thin Lizzy • Bad Albums by Good Bands: The Who – Endless Wire APRIL 20, 2008 – Special Broadcast • The Blues: An entertaining romp through the world of Chicago, Texas and English Blues, with guest host guitarist and blues aficionado, Dennis Theriault. APRIL 27, 2008 • Crossfire - The New Musical Regime: The Kills – Midnight Boom; Vampire Weekend – Debut Album • Featured ‘Off the Radar’ Artist: Former Ian Thomas guitarist, D’Arcy Wickham • Albums that Deserve to be Played Again: Humble Pie – Rockin’ the Fillmore • Retro Perspective: Aerosmith • For What It’s Worth: Krafty – The Deterioration of Sound • Find of the Week: Jerome Godboo – One Monkey MAY 11, 2008 • Crossfire: Bauhaus – Go Away White; REM – Accelerate • Music Slightly Off the Radar: Funky Rock Evangelists, The Revered Johns • Albums that Deserve to be Played Again: The Smithereens – Especially for You • Retro Perspective: Judas Priest – Sad Wings of Destiny; Killing Machine; British Steel; Angel of Retribution • Bad Albums by Good Bands: John Fogerty – Revival • Find of the Week: New Model Army – The Ghost of Cain MAY 25, 2008 • Crossfire - The Old and Young Rock Lions: Danko Jones – Never Too Loud; Whitesnake – Good to be Bad • Music Slightly Off the Radar: Heavy Metal Merchants, Brass Knuckle Therapy • Extended Retro Perspective: Dynamic Guitar Virtuoso, Jeff Beck • Albums that Deserve to be Played Again: Television – 1992 Reunion • For What it’s Worth: When Does a Band Stop Being a Band. When The Magic Is Gone. JUNE 8, 2008 • Crossfire: The Kooks – Konk; The Mountain Goats – Heretic Pride • Albums that Deserve to be Played Again: FM – Black Noise • Retro Perspective: Toronto blues warrior, Jerome Godboo • Find of the Week: Flower Travelling Band – Satori JUNE 22, 2008 – 88½% All British Show • Music Slightly Off the Radar: Washington DC’s native sons, Capital City Dusters • Crossfire: Duffy – Rockferry; Def Leppard – Sparkle Lounge • Albums that Deserve to be Played Again: Slade – Slade Alive • Retro-Perspective: Paul Weller and the Jam • Find of the Week: Lord Sutch and Heavy Friends June 29, 2008 • The Blues, part 2: J and Denis go head-to-head with their best blues albums of all time, with special guest co-host Denis Theriault. SUMMER 2008 Okay loyal listeners, here’s the scoop... Due to a technical misfire, which can be attributed to yours truly, The Blues part 2 which was to air in late June will not be available. Instead, it will air in September when we launch our second season of The Irrelevant Rock & Roll & Music Show. Krafty and I will return “full on” to the internet air waves on September 14th with a slew of new features and the launch of The Official Classic Rock Alternative Track Jukebox. In the meantime, feel free to enjoy some of our previously recorded shows – all of which are available as MP3 downloads. During the summer break from audio recording, I, J Hoskins, will be soldiering on by writing a weekly blog for anyone who still wants to tune in to find out what’s happening in the ever churning world of Rock and Roll. I’ll be including a great selection of recent releases we weren’t able to get to in the first season, including the likes of Opeth’s “Watershed”, Judas Priest’s “Nostradamus”, as well as Paul Weller’s “22 Dreams” and Coldplay’s “Viva La Vida”. Not to mention a couple of cool concerts on the immediate horizon. That should all be up and running some time around mid-July, just in time to give you a recap of the Robert Plant and Alison Krauss concert which will be rolling through our fair city. Also, Krafty will be checking in from time to time, supplying us with an ongoing diary of the horrors and trials and tribulations of being a commercial DJ. And before we sign off, a special message to any bands out there who want to get on our Off the Radar spotlight in our 2nd season: Please send us your albums so we can let other people out there know how great you are!! Let The Irrelevant Rock & Roll & Music Show help sell your tunes. At the same time, check some of our great past Off the Radar inductees such as The Revered Johns, Common Rotation and Fidget. Until then, keep rockin’ and keep listening to all the great music out there! Some of it may a little hard to find, but the reward when you stumble on that lost musical gem is always worth the effort. Have a great summer! J Hoskins & Krafty SEASON 2 OCT 5, 2008 • Off the Radar: Zed Head • Crossfires: John Mellencamp – Life, Death, Love and Freedom; Beck – Modern Guilt • Albums that Deserve to be Played Again: 5440 – Show Me • Retro Perspective: Peter Gabriel’s Genesis • Bad Albums by Good bands: Yes – Tales from the Topographical Ocean • Find of the Week: Hard Rock Trio – Dust OCT 19, 2008 • Off the Radar: Alt. Folk Songstress, Samantha Martin • Crossfires: The Duke Spirit – Neptune; Alejandro Escovedo – Real Animal • Albums that Deserve to be Played Again: Strawbs – Hero and Heroine • Retro Perspective: Dave Edmunds • For What it’s Worth: J & Krafty wonder what happened to our drum sound • Find of the Week: Hail of Bullets – Of Frost and War OCT 26, 2008 • The Blues, part 2: Guest host Denis Theriault. Top five blues albums and his best live shows. NOV 9, 2008 – The Really Heavy Show • In the Crossfire: Metalica – Death Magnetic; Alice Cooper – Along Came A Spider • Off the Radar: Alt Rock Commandoes, Red Elite • Retro Perspective: Aussie Rockers, AC/DC • Bad Albums by Good bands: Black Sabbath – Never Say Die • Find of the Week: Hail of Bullets – Of Frost and War NOV 16, 2008 • The Blues Show, part 2 with guest host Denis Theriault (Finally... we promise!) Denis’ best live shows and his top 5 blues albums. NOV 23, 2008 – The Roots and Rock Show • In the Crossfire: Lucinda Williams – Little Honey; Black Stone Cherry – Folklore and Superstition • Off the Radar: Blues Folk Artisan, Harry Manx • Retro Perspective: Irish Blues Rocker, Rory Gallagher • Albums that Deserve to be Played Again: Graham Parker – Squeezing Out Sparks • For What it’s Worth: Live Concerts... What Happened? DEC 7, 2008 – The Icon Show • In the Crossfire: Queen and Paul Rogers – The Cosmos Rocks; Guns N’ Roses – Chinese Democracy • Off the Radar: Toronto Punk Rock Legend, C.J. Sleeze • Retro Perspective: Progressive Rock Pioneers, The Moody Blues • Bad Albums by Good Bands: Paul McCartney – McCartney II • Find of the Week: Uriah Heep – Wake the Sleeper DEC 21, 2008 – The New Music Show • In the Crossfire: The Gaslight Anthem – The ’59 Sound; Glasvegas – Glasvegas • Off the Radar: